The fourth consecutive cool vintage, and the coolest of the last four too. I have a weather station in my back yard, and I like to look at the data, and in this way, I feel a sort of kinship with Brian Croser, who loves weather statistics as much as I do. You can look at the the weather at my house for the month of August HERE. Ha ha. It’s been unusually hot. Picked on the 18th of April. One third new oak.
I said it of last year’s release, and I’ll say it again. This wine has a certain steely top note, or ozone maybe, strawberry and exotic spice, and some white chocolate and raspberry. It’s medium-bodied, with something of a leafy autumnal character, cool acidity, poached strawberry and spice, some hazelnut, a grilled red capsicum thing, with light grainy tannin closing out a finish of excellent length. It’s a really good wine.
